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Christmas at Chatsworth House

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

The Princess Bride (1987) – Memorable quotes

Ryde Church on the Isle of Wight. Taken from Portsmouth Harbour with a 300mm zoom lens and no tripod at sunset.

Surprised it turned out this steady. This Sony A200 is pretty good at the evening / night shots

Randomly captured picture of the silhouette of a tree at sunset. Taken in a layby near Woodstock, Oxfordshire on the way home from holiday

A livid sky on London
And like the iron steeds that rear
A shock of engines halted
And I knew the end was near

The Old Song, G.K.Chesterton;

As Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman said in the dedication of Good Omens: “to the memory of G.K. Chesterton: A man who knew what was going on.”

Millbank Tower, London

When considering the adoption curve for technology ideas move from innovation (early adopters) to ubiquity (majority) as they become more convenient. This was accurately described by James McQuivey at the Forrester Consumer Marketing Forum last week as being:

Convenience = Benefits – Barriers

Barriers include obvious factors such as price but also elements such as ease-of-access. As an example, you may really want to stream TV shows over the internet (it’s beneficial) but if your network infrastructure isn’t up to it then the barrier outweighs the benefit.

It’s essential to consider when developing sites or solutions both the benefits and barriers of what you are trying to achieve. Make it convenient for people and you stand a better chance of being adopted.

So inevitable,
and yet so completely unforeseen

Alexis de Tocqueville
on the French Revolution

I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

Niccolo Machiavelli

7:30 Saturday morning and a chance to try out a new camera